General Carter has just received a letter from Lydia, which
contains what to me is the most melancholy intelligence — the news of the death
of Eugene Fowler,1 who was killed on the 22d of August, in some
battle or skirmish in Virginia. Poor Eugene! . . . Does it not seem that this
war will sweep off all who are nearest and dearest, as well as most worthy of
life, leaving only those you least care for, unharmed?
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1 A cousin.
SOURCE: Sarah Morgan Dawson, A Confederate Girl's
Diary, p. 231
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